Means for packing sheet-metal roofing



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B. W. PETERSON. MEANS FOR PACKING SHEET METAL ROOFING.

No. 453,500. Patented June 2, 1891.

nrrnn STATES ATENT Q F E- BENJAMIN IVALKER PETERSON, OF \VHEELING, \VEST VIRGINIA.

MEANS FOR PACKING SHEET-METAL ROOFING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 453,500, dated June 2, 1891.

Application filed November 28, 1890. Serial No. 372,913. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, BENJAMIN WALKER PETERSON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Wheeling, in the county of Ohio and State of lVest Virginia, have invented new and useful Improvements in Means for Packing Sheet-Metal Roofing, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to certain improvements in means for packing sheet-metal roofing, the purposethereof being to provide a roll or cylindrical package formed of said roofing and having its ends closed by heads formed of wood or other suitable material and provided with simple and almost wholly inexpensive means whereby the heads are held firmly in place a little within the open ends of said roll Without nailing or turning down portions of the inner layers of the roll of roofmg to resist internal pressure or depending upon the caps stored within to resist external force or blows.

My invention consists, to this end, in the novel parts and combination of parts fully set forth hereinafter, and then definitely pointed out in the claims which follow this specification.

To enable others skilled in the art to practame and understand my said invention, I will proceed to describe the same in detail, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a central longitudinal section of a finished or completed roll or package of roofing having my invention embodied therein. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of a similar roll or package, having one end broken away to show a slightly-modified form of said invention. Fig. 3 is a detail perspective showing one form of the fastening-shoe with its tongue. Fig. 4 is an end elevation showing the manner of applying the shoe and inserting its tongue. Fig. 5 is an end elevation of a completed roll or package of metal roofing, showing the shoe and its tongue inserted. Fig. 0 is a transverse section of the shoe shown in Fig. Fig. 7 is a transverse section of a shoe having a slight modification in construction.

In the said drawings, the reference-numeral 1 designates a cylindrical roll or package of metal roofing wound closely in such manner as to afford an internal chamber of any suitable diameter to receive and contain the caps or anchors, or both, as well as the tools, it these are to be included. Each end of the roll is closed by a head 2, formed of wood or any other material suitable for the purpose. These heads are usually supported by a mandrel, which enters openings therein, and the roofing is wound upon them.

The reference-numeral 3 denotes a shoe composed of a strip of sheet metal, which for the sake of economy is usually taken from,

the waste scraps of metal and cut or trimmed to the proper width and length. One portion of this shoe is either wired upon its parallel edges or they are turned over or rolled into substantially the form they would assume were the wires inserted. The width of this portion is such as to readily admit the edge of the head 2 between the wired or rolled edges, and its length is equal or nearlyequal tothe circumference of the head. From one end of said portion extends a tongue 4, which may be of varied length, as will be more fully explained hereinafter.

In the formation of the roll or package of roofing the heads 2 are so arranged that they will be somewhat within the ends of the roll, in order that the wired edge of the shoe shall not project outward. In other words, as the roofing lies flat the shoes are placed upon its opposite edges substantially flush therewith or at such distance therefrom as circumstances may require. The tongues 4 point in the direction shown in Fig. i of the drawings, and the ends of the wired or rolled portions are placed at a suitable point relatively to the end of the roofing. The heads 2 are placed upon said shoes at or near their ends, the edges of the heads resting between the wired or rolled edges of the shoes. The roofing is now rolled in any usual or preferred manner to form a single turn around the heads, itbeing understood, of course, that the caps and anchors are placed within before this first coil is completed. In forming this coil the wired or rolled portions of the shoes are drawn closely around the heads and lie between the latter and the first formed or inner coil of the roofing. As this inner coil is completed, as shown in Fig. i, the rotation of the heads 2 by power is begun, the first coil is drawn tightly over the heads, and the tongues 4 of the shoes are brought between this formed coil and' the second coil, which is in process of formation. While the formation of the inner coil draws the wired or rolled portion 5 of the shoe closelyaround the heads, the ends of the wired or rolled portions of said shoes will be brought nearly together, and may, if the said portion is long enough, be brought exactly together. A partial formation of the next or second coil bends the tongues 3 into circular form, and, they are laid by such rotation between the first and second coils, by which they are held with great tenacity. These tongues may, if desired, decrease or diminish in thickness toward their ends to avoid any abrupt shoulders being formed at the pointwhere the spiral of roofing passes off said tongues, as shown in Fig. 5.

Instead of a shoe having a portion wired or rolled on both edges, I may use a strip of metal of the same width as that having the two wired or rolled edges, and may roll or wire one edge only of this strip, as shown in Fig. 7. WVhen applied in use, the rolled or wired edge lies within or adjacentto the inner face of the head 2, while the plain edge is substantially flush with the end of the roll, as shown in Fig. 2. When the package is rolled and wired, this plain edge is bent downward at one or more points to lie upon the outer face of the head 2.

It is evident that I may vary my invention considerably without departing from the essential features thereof, which consist in combining with the heads closing the ends of the package shoes adapted to surround and inclose or partly inclose the edges of the heads, said shoes being provided with means adapted to lie between and be fastened by the coils of roofing, substantially as described.

\Vhat I claim is- 1. A roll or package of metal roofing having its ends closed by heads, the latter being provided with shoes having wired or rolled edges, one or more, and provided with tongues eX- tending beyond the wired portions which lie upon each side the heads and between the latter and the first coil, substantially as described.

2. A roll or package of metal roofing having its ends closed by heads, in combination with shoes surrounding said heads and provided with tongues which are carried by the rolling of the package between the first and second coils of the roll, substantially as described.

3. A coil or package of metal roofing having its ends'closed by heads having their ends inclosed by shoes, which consists of strips of metal wired or rolled on both edges, leaving intermediate spaces to receive the edges of the heads, the wired portions of the shoes being provided at one end with tongues which are rolled between two of the coils of the roll, substantially as described.

4. A roll or package of sheet-metal roofing having its ends closed by heads, in combination with shoes consisting of strips of' sheet metal surrounding the edges of the heads and provided with means adapted to lie between the coils of the roll or package and securely fasten the heads in place, substantially as described.

5. A roll or package of sheet-metal roofing having its ends closed by heads, in combina tion with shoes consisting of strips of sheet metal having rolled or wired edges inclosing the edges of' the heads, each shoe being provided with means adapted to lie between the coils of the package and securely retain the head in place, substantially as described.

6. In the packing of sheet-metal roofing, a shoe to hold and securely fasten the head, closing the end in place, said shoe consisting of a strip of metal having a portion wired or rolled on one or both edges and provided with a tongue which projects from one end of said wired or rolled strip, substantially as described.

7. In the packing of sheet-metal roofing, a shoe composed of a strip of sheet metal having one or more edges wired or turned and provided with means adapted to lie between the coils of the roll or package,substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affiXed my seal in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

BENJAMIN WALKER PETERSON. [L

Vitnesses:

J ACK W. SMITH, JOHN N. DONEL. 

